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Book Review: A man searches for meaning in Mike Fu's unnerving debut novel, 'Masquerade'

Book Review: A man searches for meaning in Mike Fu's unnerving debut novel, 'Masquerade'

Meadow is coming up on 10 years living in New York, and he’s still adrift. His boyfriend ghosted him, his current residence is actually a housesitting gig, and his bartending job isn’t exactly filling his parents with pride.
Nick Harkaway steps into his father John le Carré's footsteps with spy thriller 'Karla's Choice'

Nick Harkaway steps into his father John le Carré's footsteps with spy thriller 'Karla's Choice'

LONDON (AP) — George Smiley , the subtle fictional spymaster navigating treacherous Cold War currents, is back. And so, somewhat surprisingly, is his creator, John le Carré.
Talk show host and former Navy man Montel Williams co-writes history of USS Intrepid

Talk show host and former Navy man Montel Williams co-writes history of USS Intrepid

NEW YORK (AP) — A new history of the USS Intrepid will be co-written by a former Navy man otherwise known for his long career as a daytime television host — Montel Williams.
Navalny's memoir details isolation and suffering in a Russian prison - and how he never lost hope

Navalny's memoir details isolation and suffering in a Russian prison - and how he never lost hope

NEW YORK (AP) — In a memoir released eight months after he died in prison, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny never loses faith that his cause is worth suffering for while also acknowledging he wished he could have written a very different book

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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. The Waiting by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company) 2. War by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster) 3. Framed by Jim Mccloskey & John Grisham (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) 4.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's posthumous memoir is a testament to resilience

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's posthumous memoir is a testament to resilience

NEW YORK (AP) — In a memoir released eight months after he died in prison, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny never loses faith that his cause is worth suffering for while also acknowledging he wished he could have written a very different book
Book Reviews: Two new books raise big concerns about innocent men in US prisons

Book Reviews: Two new books raise big concerns about innocent men in US prisons

“Framed: Astonishingly True Stories of Wrongful Convictions,” by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey (Doubleday) and “The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men and a 20-Year Fight for Justice“ by Dan Slepian (Celadon) —- It’s painful to read t
Book Review: 70-year-old psychiatrist takes to the road in Anna Montague's beguiling new novel

Book Review: 70-year-old psychiatrist takes to the road in Anna Montague's beguiling new novel

Americans love road trips. Or at least American writers love them as metaphors of self-discovery.
Book Review: Richard Chizmar tells a creepy occult tale in ‘Memorials'

Book Review: Richard Chizmar tells a creepy occult tale in ‘Memorials'

Richard Chizmar, who co-wrote parts of the “Gwendy” trilogy with Stephen King from 2017-2022 (“Gwendy’s Button Box” and “Gwendy’s Final Task”), has written his longest novel yet and readers should not be surprised that it reads, at least somewhat, li
DeMar DeRozan's book on mental health adds to the conversation that he helped start in the NBA

DeMar DeRozan's book on mental health adds to the conversation that he helped start in the NBA

For DeMar DeRozan, this path toward improved mental health started with writing a tweet. It led to him writing a book. Being in Sacramento isn’t the only new part of DeRozan’s story entering this NBA season.